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Andreas Rothchild

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy incorporates physics, geometry and ergonomics. I use the Suzuki books as a pathway to intermediate and advanced repertoire with my own unique methodology, incorporating aspects of Russian and French technique. With a strong emphasis on scales and études, engaging and appropriate repertoire, and fun incentives for younger students. Early mastery can only be achieved using the teacher/student/coach triangle, and I encourage one parent to observe lessons and take notes for pre-adolescents to insure a solid foundation in technique. Once a student reaches the age of self-reflection, they will take responsibility for their own practice. Young musicians need a nurturing and demanding music instructor, and clear goals and benchmarks of achievement, to excel. I seek to inspire all my students to find deep satisfaction and joy in the cello, not just for now, but for a lifetime.

Biography

Andreas Rothchild was a member of the faculty of the Longy School of Music Preparatory Division in Cambridge, where he taught cello and coached chamber music for twelve years, and served as the Chair of the Young Performers Chamber Music Program. He has also been a faculty member of the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts at the Walnut Hill School, teaching private cello lessons and coaching chamber music. He has held teaching positions at both the Middlesex and Groton Schools. Major teachers include cello study with Kim Scholes, Jonathan Miller, and Bernard Greenhouse, chamber music with Yehudi Weiner, Eugene Lehner and Victor Rosenbaum, piano and composition with John MacDonald and Louise Vosgerchian, and music theory with Larry Scripp and Judith Ross. He also completed two years of conducting training at the Pierre Monteux School under Charles Bruch.

Mr. Rothchild has performed frequently as a soloist and chamber musician, and has appeared at such venues as Jordan Hall, the Goethe Institute, and live on WGBH radio. Mr. Rothchild’s live WGBH radio performances include the Roussel Trio for flute, viola and cello; the US premiere of the Weinberg Piano Quintet; the Ginastera Pampeana No. 2; and the Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata. He has been a guest artist of the Boston Chamber Music Society, as well as a concerto soloist with the Lexington Sinfonietta. An avid proponent of new music, he has premiered works by David Horne, Florentine Mulsant, and Eric Sawyer. He has recorded on the Albany Records label.

Degrees

A.B. magna cum laude in English & American Language and Literature, Harvard College